Dark Side of Leadership

Anthony “Tony” H. Normore, California State University Dominguez Hills and International Academy of Public Safety, Carson Los Angeles, CA, USAJeffrey S. Brooks, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

• INTRODUCTION1. “Irresponsible Leadership” And Unethical Practices In Schools: A Conceptual Framework Of The “Dark Side” Of Educational Leadership - Izhar Oplatka2. Anatomy Of An Organizational Train Wreck: A Failed Leadership Paradigm - Alexandro Villanueva3. A Consideration Of Ethical Leadership In Ontario University Governance - Heather M. Rintoul and Duncan MacLellan4. Rethinking Leadership In K-12: Ensuring That Those In Positions Of Leadership Are Also Positioned To Lead - Julie Slayton5. Unethical Decision-Making Of School Principals And Vice-Principals In The Arab Education System In Israel: The Interplay Between Culture And Ethnicity - Khalid Arar6. “Strong People Don't Need Strong Leaders” - Joan T. Wynne7. Coming In From Out Of The Dark - Frederick C. Buskey and Mary Hemphill8. The Destructive Effects Of Distrust: Leaders As Brokers Of Trust In Organizations - Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Keith D. Walker9. Global Core Leadership Competencies: A Response To “Institutional Culture” And (In)- Competence In Higher Education - Anthony “Tony” H. Normore, Jeffrey S. Brooks and Sara A. M. Silva10. Performance ? Leadership: Shifting Institutional Research Performance - Scott Eacott11. Increasing Darkness: Combining Toxic Leadership And Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, And Ambiguity (VUCA) - Steven R. Watt, Mitch Javidi and Anthony H. Normore12. The Seven Deadly Narratives Of Leadership - Keith D. Walker and Benjamin Kutsyuruba13. Perpetuating Inequality In Education: Valuing Purpose Over Process In Educational Leadership - Richard Niesche14. Why Leaders Are Not Always To Blame: From “Free Will” To Responsible Action - Gabriele Lakomski

Editors Normore and Brooks present readers with a collection of professional and academic essays and research articles focused on discovering overcoming unethical practice in a wide variety of organizational contexts. The fourteen selections that make up the main body of the text are devoted to irresponsible leadership and unethical practices in schools, failed leadership paradigms, rethinking leadership in K-12 schools, and a wide variety of other related subject areas. Anthony “Tony” H. Normore is a faculty member of California State University Dominguez Hills and the International Academy of Public Safety – Los Angeles. Jeffrey S. Brooks is a faculty member of Monash University in Australia.